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PRIME MINISTER Freundel Stuart has reiterated Barbados’ commitment to working closely with small island developing states (SIDS), especially those in CARICOM, to ensure that the Samoa Pathway Outcome Document, which came out of last year’s SIDS conference, does not become an ornamental report.

BARBADOS AND FELLOW CARICOM member states have pledged to do what is necessary to ensure that the region’s security is not compromised, but the details of those contemplated measures will remain “behind a veil of secrecy”.

SOME FAMILIES of missing people may be taking too long before they make contact with the police for help. This was one of the responses of the Royal Barbados Police Force as it fended off heavy criticism on social media yesterday about the extensive state resources employed in the weekend search for...
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IN A LANDMARK DECISION, the Court of Appeal last week declared that the Barbados National Oil Company Limited (BNOCL) abused its position of dominance when it acquired the contract for the supply of oil to the Barbados Light & Power, the island’s major source of electricity.
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